The Big Picture · Auction
The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!
July 2, 2026/ 146 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
The mid-year movie auction: each host drafts 5 upcoming 2026 films with a $1,000 budget. Rule: you can't draft or bid on a film you've already seen. That's why the Cannes attendees, Sean and Amanda, lost the Cannes titles cheap to Chris.
A sale of 15 lots across 3 paddles, $2,146 at the hammer.
Top lot: Behemoth!, to Paddle 3, $715.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The paddles who spent what
The board this sale, by hammer price
- 01
$715Behemoth! 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsTony Gilroy; Pedro Pascal, Will Arnett, Olivia Wilde
- 02
$310Whalefall 2026No.1 Chris RyanBrian Duffield; Austin Abrams
- 03
$235No.2 Sean FennesseyDavid Robert Mitchell; Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor
- 04
$200Werwulf 2026No.1 Chris RyanRobert Eggers
- 05
$110Wild Horse Nine 2026No.1 Chris RyanMartin McDonagh; Malkovich, Rockwell, Buscemi
- 06
$105Clayface 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyJames Watkins; DC horror
- 07
$100The Debut 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyJesse Eisenberg
- 08
$100Other Mommy 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsRob Savage; Jessica Chastain
- 09
$88Minotaur 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsAndrey Zvyagintsev; Grand Prix, Cannes
- 10
$87La Bola Negra 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsNetflix; Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close (Cannes)
- 11
$75Primetime 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyLance Oppenheim; Robert Pattinson
- 12
$10Here Comes the Flood 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsFernando Meirelles; Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson
- 13
$5Paper Tiger 2026No.1 Chris RyanJames Gray; Adam Driver, Miles Teller, ScarJo (Cannes)
- 14
$5No.2 Sean FennesseyDestin Daniel Cretton; Tom Holland
- 15
$1Fjord 2026No.1 Chris RyanChristian Mungiu; Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve (Cannes)
Titles link to TMDb where a confident match exists. Unlinked entries are too new to be cataloged or aren't films.
Passed in raised, no bid
Hope (Na Hong-jin)Avengers: DoomsdayHer Private HellThe Young People (Oz Perkins)FatherlandTeenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaTony (Anthony Bourdain doc)Your Mother, Your Mother, Your MotherHexed
Previous sale January · first-half slate
- Dune: Part Three $775
- Project Hail Mary $200
- The Social Reckoning $1
- Verity $5
- The Mandalorian and Grogu $19
- Wuthering Heights $75
- Resident Evil $72
- The Devil Wears Prada 2 $26
- The Adventures of Cliff Booth $76
- Disclosure Day $72
- The Odyssey $926
- Toy Story 5 $1
- Narnia: The Magician's Nephew $18
- Digger $5
- Jack of Spades $50
Also mentioned raised along the way
Festival / 85+ Metacritic Once Upon a Time in HarlemBlue HeronTeenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaRemakeFatherlandSilent FriendSound of FallingMagellanPompei: Below the CloudsOur LandEPiC: Elvis Presley in ConcertBlue FilmMy Father's ShadowThe FuriousThe Secret Agent
Other 2026 and 2027 films raised ArtificialAfter the HuntCut OffThe RipMichaelWildwoodClub KidThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingOnslaughtIn the GreyWhat Happens at NightTenzingMaydayGodzilla Minus ZeroThe Great BeyondStreet FighterSense and SensibilityA Place in HellThe Hunt for GollumThe War of the RohirrimEbenezerLove, Weddings and Other Disasters
Older films name-checked NosferatuThe WitchThe LighthouseThe NorthmanBeowulfTreasure of the Sierra MadreMichael ClaytonThe Bourne LegacyDuplicityThe Banshees of InisherinSeven PsychopathsThree BillboardsIn BrugesWhiplashThe Spectacular NowMidnight CowboyGildaIt FollowsUnder the Silver LakeTrainspottingJurassic ParkJurassic World RebirthOppenheimerTenetThe Smashing MachineThe Fantastic Four: First StepsGhostbustersTriple Frontier
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV AndorPeaky BlindersThe BearEuphoriaGrace and FrankieThe AgencyFargoObi-Wan KenobiCape FearHouse of the DragonTo Catch a PredatorSheep Detective
Games Elden Ring
Ads Amazon PrimeBotoxAthletic Brewing Company